The PGA Tour introduced an abundance of latest initiatives in the direction of the top of the 2022 season to steer its finest gamers to remain placed on the circuit and one in every of them was TGL.
The idea was masterminded by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and their firm TMRW Sports activities because the major-winning pair proceed their pioneering plans to enhance the PGA Tour product.
The brand new golf league launched a partnership with the PGA Tour which is about to offer another fan expertise with an interactive, technology-inspired enviornment by no means seen earlier than within the sport.
So what do you need to know? Let’s dive in…
What’s TGL Golf?
TGL is a tech-infused golf league that may present workforce matches in a custom-built enviornment in America. Every occasion will complement the PGA Tour schedule as a part of the partnership.
TGL has been described as a “first-of-its-kind expertise” as followers will be capable to spectate in an up-close-and-personal style at a digital course with a short-game complicated.
The brand new league was based in August 2022, in the identical month that Woods, McIlroy and former NBC golf government Mike McCarley shaped TMRW Sports activities, an organization that’s centered on producing technology-based ventures on the earth of sports activities and leisure.
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TGL Golf Schedule and outcomes
January 7 – (Sky Sports activities Golf at 2 am in early morning of January 8)
New York Golf Membership 2-9 The Bay Golf Membership
The inaugural match TGL match completed with a dominant victory for Shane Lowry, Ludvig Aberg and Wyndham Clark of The Bay who romped Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele and Rickie Fowler.
Wearing pale inexperienced, The Bay took the Triples session 6-1 and the singles session 3-1, with highlights coming from Aberg who holed a 32-footer throughout the transferring inexperienced and Clark who threw the hammer down earlier than holing a seven-footer to attain double factors.
January 14 (Sky Sports activities Golf at 2 am in early morning of January 15 within the UK)
Los Angeles Golf Membership 12-1 Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership
“You prepared for this” Tiger Woods shouted as he entered the TGL Area for the primary time as a Jupiter Hyperlinks participant. Sadly, Los Angeles answered and hammered Woods, Kisner and Homa 12-1.
With workforce investor and tennis legend Serena Williams trying on, Justin Rose, Sahith Theegala and Collin Morikawa of LAGC gained the Triples 8-1 and the Singles 4-0. Not a great begin for Woods, who had his son Charlie and his mom Kultida trying on.
“That was superior. Critically man, that was the perfect,” Wooden mentioned after throwing down a hammer for his opening tee shot.
January 21 (Sky Sports activities Golf at 2 am in early morning of January 22 within the UK)
New York Golf Membership 0-4 Atlanta Drive GC
New York, with out Xander Schauffele this time, was dealt one other thrashing, with Cameron Younger stepping in. Justin Thomas starred for Atlanta Drive, and he, Billy Horschel, and Patrick Cantlay gained their first TGL match.
Thomas made necessary putts for Atlanta, together with a 24-footer on gap 4 to get a tie regardless of struggling a one-stroke penalty.
“We’ve not holed a putt but,” mentioned New York’s Matt Fitzpatrick who has now misplaced twice in two TGL matches. Horschel was significantly fired up for the event, sporting a Michael Penix Jr. Atlanta Falcons jersey, a Soiled Chicken chain and a few dance strikes.
January 27 (Sky Sports activities Golf at 11.30 pm within the UK)
Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership vs Boston Widespread Golf
Week 4 was one for the TGL followers’ diaries as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s groups confronted off on what was the Northern Irishman’s debut. It grew to become the closest recreation of the TGL schedule as far as Jupiter edged Boston Widespread 4-3 in extra time.
Neither workforce led by greater than a degree within the match, with a 1-1 tie within the Triples and 3-3 on the finish of regulation play. So, the showdown then went to a best-of-three nearest-to-the-pin from a bit of underneath 40 yards, with Tom Kim beating US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and Kevin Kisner beating Adam Scott to win it for Jupiter.
Apparently when Woods confronted McIlroy within the singles, the 15-time main champion incurred the primary TGL shot clock violation, taking too lengthy over a putt. In a sport the place slowplay goes frustratingly and inadequately punished, TGL had punished its personal co-founder and among the best gamers ever in simply its fourth week.
“Properly, usually I gradual my coronary heart fee down earlier than I pull the set off, so dropping my coronary heart fee down generally takes a bit of bit longer than others. As I instructed these guys, it’s on me. I ought to have referred to as outing as I inbuilt my stance due to the time. However I used to be dropping my coronary heart fee down like I usually would. It simply took too lengthy.”
February 4 (Sky Sports activities Golf at 2 am in early morning of February 5 within the UK)
Boston Widespread Golf 2-6 Los Angeles Golf Membership
Regardless of arriving on the Sofi Cnetre off the again of successful the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am, Rory McIlroy suffered his second defeat in as many matches to the arms of Los Angeles Golf Membership made up of Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose and Collin Morikawa.
The LAGC trio took a 5-0 lead into the singles in opposition to McIlroy, Adam Scott and the moustached US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley. Bradley earned two factors again for Boston Widespread in opposition to Rose, however the ultimate end result was 6-2.
February 17 (Sky Sports activities Golf at 6 pm, then 9 pm within the UK)
Presidents Day Tripleheader: Atlanta Drive GC 6-5 Los Angeles Golf Membership, Atlanta Drive GC 5-6 The Bay Golf Membership, The Bay Golf Membership 5-4 Boston Widespread Golf.
The Presidents Day Tripleheader began in unbelievable style when Tommy Fleetwood made a hole-in-one in apply earlier than LAGC’s match with Atlanta Drive. Atlanta trailed 5-2 within the triple session, however with the scores at 5-4, Justin Thomas chipped in to beat Sahith Theegala and take the match to extra time.
Atlanta edged LAGC within the nearest-the-pin extra time match when Patrick Cantlay caught one tight with the third shot. Atlanta was up once more as they took on The Bay.
Ludvig Aberg, Min Woo Lee and Wyndham Clark beat Cantlay, Justin Thomas and Lucas Glover of Atlanta 6-5. The match was tied 5-5 by 12 holes when The Bay threw the hammer down, considering it might be declined. If a workforce declines, it prices them a degree, so Atlanta declined and went 6-5 down and this lead was saved.
The Bay saved its 100% successful file at TGL within the third and ultimate match of the night time as Rory McIlroy’s Boston Widespread had been crushed once more. The match was tied on the fifteenth and ultimate gap when Clark made a 10-foot eagle putt to present his facet a 5-4 win.
Boston had led 2-0 after Hideki Matsuyama holed a nine-foot birdie putt whereas utilizing a hammer, which gave him double factors. One spotlight of the match was Keegan Bradley chipping in for eagle for Boston, however it didn’t show to be sufficient.
February 18 (Sky Sports activities Golf at midnight within the UK)
Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership 3-10 New York Golf Membership
In Tiger’s first look at TGL since his mom’s demise, he, Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner misplaced 10-3 to Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler and Cameron Younger of New York Golf Membership.
New York took an early 8-0 lead within the triples earlier than Tom Kim scored double factors with the hammer on the final gap of the primary session. NYGC noticed out the comfy victory, which took the workforce as much as fourth within the desk.
February 24 (Sky Sports activities Golf at 10 pm)
Los Angeles Golf Membership 5-4 New York Golf Membership, Boston Widespread Golf 3-6 Atlanta Drive GC (Feb 24)
There was a double-header of TGL matches on February 24. New York took a 3-0 lead in opposition to LAGC by the triples and Cameron Younger took a degree in opposition to Tony Finau to make it 4-0.
However LAGC got here again. Finau laid a hammer down on Younger to take two factors on gap 13 and Collin Morikawa took a degree in opposition to Matt Fitzpatrick to make it 4-4. LAGC accomplished a dramatic comeback in extra time when Finau and Morikawa beat Fitzpatrick and Rickie Fowler in closest to the pin.
Extra distress was piled on Rory McIlroy in match two of the night time. Boston Widespread gained the triple session 2-1 in opposition to Atlanta Drive, however Atlanta got here again when Billy Horschel and Patrick Cantlay each scored double factors with the hammer within the singles.
Atlanta gained 6-3, and Mcilroy and Boston Widespread remained winless in TGL.
February 25 (Sky Sports activities Golf at 2 am within the morning of February 26)
The Bay 6-3 Jupiter Hyperlinks
The Bay took a commanding lead within the triples in opposition to the Woods-less Jupiter Hyperlinks, taking the session 5-1 which included successful three factors on the ultimate gap with the hammer.
Tom Kim took a degree in opposition to Min Woo Lee in Jupiter’s favour at first of the singles, however then three consecutive holes had been halved. Jupiter edged the session 2-21, however Lee, Shane Lowry and Wyndham Clark ran out as 6-3 winners to remain unbeaten on the high of the league.
March 3-4 (Sky Sports activities Golf at 8 pm, then midnight on March 4 within the UK)
The Bay Golf Membership vs Los Angeles Golf Membership (March 3), New York Golf Membership vs Boston Widespread Golf (March 4)
March 5 (Sky Sports activities Golf at midnight)
Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership vs Atlanta Drive GC (March 5)
March 17-18
Semi-finals that includes the highest 4 groups within the SoFi Cup standings.
March 24-25
The Finals Collection will function the highest two groups in a best-of-three match throughout two nights.
TGL Highlights
Huge Shane will get us underway
In week one when The Bay confronted New York Golf Membership, Shane Lowry hit the first-ever tee shot of the TGL period and he smacked it down the center of the golf green.
First tee shot in TGL historical past. pic.twitter.com/WCGrfFBdRM
— TGL (@TGL) January 8, 2025
Kisner clatters the flagstick, sending Tiger into stitches of laughter
Week two noticed Tiger Woods’ Jupiter Hyperlinks trio humbled by Los Angeles Nation Membership, and a part of the rationale for his or her damaging 12-1 defeat was Kevin Kisner’s show.
The spotlight of the match was Kisner being confronted with a bunker shot and he thinned his ball out and in opposition to the flagstick earlier than it scurried off the inexperienced. The gamers ducked and laughed and Woods had tears from his eyes.
⚠️ pic.twitter.com/MPRVEBPky2
— TGL (@TGL) January 15, 2025
Billy Horschel’s dad dancing
Billy Horschel couldn’t comprise his pleasure for his TG Ldebut in week three for Atlanta Drive. Throughout his walk-on and later within the match, he dropped a number of questionable dance strikes. Fortunately, his workforce backed it up with a 4-0 successful efficiency over New York.
Billy Horschel TGL entrance 🫨 pic.twitter.com/qik3DpyaIi
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) January 22, 2025
Tiger was too gradual!
On the tenth gap within the singles in week 4, Tiger Woods took too lengthy over a putt taking part in in opposition to Rory McIlroy and was hit with the fist-ever shot clock violation in TGL.
The first ever shot clock violation issued in golf historical past. It goes in opposition to Tiger Woods pic.twitter.com/3uyiboCgvZ
— Brett Hoffman (@BrettHoffmanjr) January 28, 2025
Gap-in-one!
It was unofficial, however Tommy Fleetwood made an ace in a apply session forward of the Presidents Day Tripleheader!
Add this to the hole-in-one debate 😂 Golf simulator ace throughout apply. Does this rely? pic.twitter.com/mRDt3exvCD
— Tommy Fleetwood (@TommyFleetwood1) February 17, 2025
Tiger takes the mistaken membership!
On the Temple Gap, Woods had 199 left to the inexperienced, however he thought he solely had 99 yards left. He hit a wedge and was baffled by his ball solely going half the gap.
His teammates Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner noticed the humorous facet, as they didn’t realise Woods had a wedge in his arms earlier than he introduced the membership again.
“Some of the embarrassing moments of my golf profession simply occurred,” he mentioned smiling.
“You mentioned 99 yards!” 😅Robust mixup for Tiger and @JupiterLinksGC.📺 ESPN/ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/dYRqV8AIJ4
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 19, 2025
Kisner shank!
Kevin Kisner offered one other spotlight reel second for the mistaken causes on February 25. Together with his tee shot on the par 3 Cliffhanger gap, the American hit a hosel-rocket straight proper a lot to everybody’s amusement.
We have now a Kisner SHANK girls and gents! pic.twitter.com/Sw04ELYTOC
— Ryan Mouque (@ryanmouquegolf) February 26, 2025
What does TGL Golf stand for?
TGL stands for Tomorrow’s Golf League. The title comes from TMRW Sports activities – the corporate behind the brand new initiative based by Woods, McIlroy and McCarley.
watch TGL Golf?
The TGL season was meant to kick off on January 9, 2024, within the primetime televised slot.
However on November 20, it was introduced that TGL Golf can be delayed till 2025 attributable to structural injury to the dome in Florida.
A brand new start-up date of January 7, 2025 was revealed on the finish of March 2024.
When the league does begin after its year-long delay, each shot might be proven and every match will final two hours.
It was introduced on October 5 2023 that TGL and ESPN signed a multi-year partnership to make ESPN the house of the matches within the States. Shortly after Christmas 2024, Sky Sports activities was revealed because the UK broadcaster of TGL.
Who’s taking part in in TGL Golf?
Woods and McIlroy had been the primary two names on the beginning sheet because the co-founders of the idea.
Former US Open winner Jon Rahm and two-time main champion Justin Thomas, a detailed good friend of Woods, had been the primary two gamers to signal on the dotted line. They had been adopted by two extra main trophy-holders Collin Morikawa and Adam Scott.
It has now been confirmed that Jon Rahm will NOT play in TGL nor will Tyrrell Hatton. Ludvig Aberg has now been added to the roster.
Reigning US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick was introduced in January, with Max Homa and Billy Horschel added to the roster quickly after.
In the course of the week of the Genesis Invitational, Olympic gold medalists Justin Rose and Xander Schauffele grew to become the most recent recruits.
Six-time PGA Tour winner Rickie Fowler can also be on the TGL roster. Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry had been confirmed as a part of TGL, in addition to the younger PGA Tour star Tom Kim.
Six-time PGA Tour winner Keegan Bradley has joined the line-up, in addition to Cameron Younger. This pair missed out on the 2023 US Ryder Cup workforce choice.
Latest Fortinet Championship winner Sahith Theegala has additionally been referred to as as much as the TGL membership.
On October 17, TGL introduced that 5 new stars can be becoming a member of the golf league.
Recent from his third profession victory in Macau, Min Woo Lavatory was introduced alongside PGA Tour gamers Kevin Kisner and Lucas Glover.
After the ‘hatgate’ storm on the Ryder Cup, Patrick Cantlay was introduced by the league with fellow Staff USA teammate, and US Open champion, Wyndham Clark additionally signing up.
In June 2024, Japanese star and former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was added to the TGL roster.
In February 2025, Tony Finau signed a one-match deal to play on February 24 for LAGC, filling in for Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose who produce other commitments.
On February 28, it was revealed Nick Dunlap signed a one-match deal to play for Atlanta Drive in opposition to Jupiter Hyperlinks on March 4 with Billy Horschel and Lucas Glover.
What groups are there in TGL Golf?
Earlier than every match, the 2 competing groups will title three contributors and each participant will put on a microphone.
All names, manufacturers and workers might be unveiled sooner or later, in addition to the ultimate of the six groups.
Atlanta Drive GC (Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel, Lucas Glover)
Boston Widespread Golf (Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott, Hideki Matsuyama)
Los Angeles Golf Membership (Collin Morikawa, Sahith Theegala, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood)
New York Golf Membership (Xander Schauffele, Rickie Fowler, Cameron Younger, Matt Fitzpatrick)
The Bay Golf Membership (Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, Wyndham Clark)
Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership (Max Homa, Tom Kim, Kevin Kisner, Tiger Woods)
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The place will TGL Golf be held?
The SoFi Centre in Palm Seashore Gardens, Florida will maintain the collection. It could maintain roughly 1,500 individuals on match nights.
The course utilized by TGL might be a 97 by 50-yard space which is roughly the scale of a soccer subject.
Gamers will play from grass tee packing containers, fairways, tough, and sand right into a 64 by 46-foot display for his or her tee pictures and approaches. The display is roughly 20 occasions the scale of a normal simulator.
For pictures inside 50 yards, the gamers will transition from Screenplay to Greenplay to a custom-built complicated known as the “Inexperienced Zone”.
That is larger than 4 basketball courts and can function the largest-ever adaptable placing floor constructed.
The three,800 square-foot tech-infused inexperienced consists of three 15 by 27-foot digital greens every with 189 actuators and jacks that change the slope of the inexperienced creating quite a lot of play on each TGL gap.
How a lot do TGL Golf tickets price?
Single-match tickets will begin at $160.
How will TGL Golf work?
There might be six groups of 4 PGA Tour gamers. There might be 15 common season matches which might be adopted by semi-finals and finals.
Every TGL match will function three gamers competing for every workforce in a contemporary match-play format.
The format will be learn into three key components:
Trendy Match Play:
Every gap has a price of 1 level and the workforce with the fewest pictures on a gap wins the purpose. Ties are price 0 factors and there are not any carryovers.
Inside a match, there might be two periods performed in two totally different codecs:
Session 1 – 9 holes of “Triples” – Three vs. three, workforce alternate-shot format.
Session 2 – 6 holes of “Singles” – One-on-one, head-to-head competitors, with every participant taking part in two holes in the course of the session.
Time beyond regulation – If tied on the finish of regulation, much like a soccer penalty shootout, gamers compete head-to-head till a workforce efficiently hits two pictures nearer to the pin than their rivals.
Common Season Level System:
Much like skilled hockey, TGL will use a points-based system for normal season matches.
For every match, groups will be awarded as much as 2 factors in the direction of their regular-season whole based mostly on the next:
Win in Regulation – 2 factors
Win in Time beyond regulation – 2 factors
Loss in Time beyond regulation – 1 level
Loss in Regulation – 1 level
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Submit Season:
The highest 4 groups will advance to the playoffs which can embody single-elimination semifinals and a “best-of-three” Championship Collection.
Extra aggressive components have been added to the TGL Golf format, together with a shot clock, timeouts and a referee – all of that are summarised beneath.
Shot clock:
The shot clock will show a countdown of 40 seconds through which every participant should hit their shot, or their workforce will obtain a shot clock violation and incur a one-stroke penalty.
The 40-second timeframe is predicated on a former USGA Native Rule and a present USGA Advice on tempo of play.
Hammer
Initially of TGL, there was one hammer that just one workforce might maintain. If one workforce had the hammer, they may throw it at any level throughout a gap, and if the workforce threw the hammer, the opposite workforce might select to simply accept it or decline it.
In the event that they accepted it, the opening was price two factors as an alternative of 1. If it was declined, they misplaced the opening and misplaced a degree. The workforce that used the hammer misplaced it, so the opposite workforce received it the following time, no matter whether or not it was accepted.
For the matches beginning the week of February 17, new hammer guidelines gave every workforce three hammers. Thy can throw them at any level however just one per gap. Subsequently, the main workforce can’t forestall the opposite workforce from getting the hammer after they want it desperately.
Timeouts
Every workforce could have a complete of 4 timeouts per match with two timeouts per every of the 2 periods.
Timeouts not used in the course of the first session is not going to carry over to the second session. For the workforce that’s taking part in their shot, timeouts could also be referred to as at any level till the shot clock expires.
The opposing workforce could name a timeout till the opposite workforce’s participant has addressed the ball.
A member of the workforce will sign or verbally name a timeout to the referee, who will acknowledge the decision.
A workforce can’t name back-to-back timeouts whereas on the present shot. They have to wait till the shot is hit following a timeout earlier than calling a second timeout
Referee
A referee with expertise with timeouts, shot clocks, and the dynamics of workforce sports activities might be on the course to manage TGL’s guidelines and distinctive conditions.
Moreover, a sales space official, who’s an skilled within the guidelines of golf, might be monitoring the motion.
TGL’s guidelines might be rooted within the conventional guidelines of golf performed on the PGA Tour, in addition to inherent native guidelines wanted for the league’s distinctive competitors format, expertise, and venue.
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